That guy sent his bike and now he’s got a yard sale! Turns out his buggie was more trailer queen than hill killer.
What?
If you don’t know what we’re talking about, then you’ve come to the right place. This is SuperATV’s definitive list of offroad jargon, slang, and colloquial weirdness designed to inform the uninformed.
Feel free to share your own slang terms that you and your buddy use. There’s a lot of it out there and we want this list to grow!
Bench racer—That person who doesn’t have their own ride but knows they’re a better driver than you
Bike—Usually a word to describe a two-wheeled vehicle, but somehow also refers to UTVs and ATVs sometimes
Braaaaap—Getting on the gas and the sound your engine makes when you get going
Camp hero—That guy who rides through as loudly as possible and generally drives too fast and annoys everybody when they’re just trying to relax
G-out—When you drive into a ditch or dip at high speed so that your suspension bottoms out
Granny trail—The easy bypass route around tough hazards and obstacles, mainly used by Polaris riders. Just kidding! Honda riders use it too…
Goose—When you floor it suddenly
Ghost walking—When an atv rider gets off their ride and walks beside it through a mud hole
Hill killer—Someone who likes to climb hills
Hold my beer—What you say before you #sendit, usually as a response to an indirect challenge
Guy: “The river’s at flood stage and over 30 feet deep in the center. Ain’t nobody dumb enough to try and cross it now.” You: “Hold my beer.”
Honey hole—An exceptionally high quality mud hole and, usually, the most popular mud hole in the park
Hooning—Driving in a dangerous or reckless manner in order to provoke a reaction from onlookers
Hoonigan—A person who hoons
Hydro’d or Hydro Locked—When you suck water into your air intake and it fills your engine and cylinders—it’s real bad
#JustSendIt—Hitting the gas and going for it without regard for you or your machine’s well being, originated by Larry Enticer and his unwavering optimism in the seat of his snowmobile
Mud boggin—Taking your UTV into mud that’s too deep for anything else to handle, usually involves deep, rutted-out holes that fill with mud every time it rains
OREO—Off Road Enforcement Officer, AKA police
Peanut butter—Mud, but it’s really thick like peanut butter
Po-po—Police or a Polaris UTV—knowing which ones your buddies are talking about in the moment is very important
Rooster tail—The big plume of dirt, mud, sand, snow, or rocks that you send up with your rear tires—it resembles a rooster’s tail when viewed from the side
Rock bouncing—Just like it sounds: driving through rocks and bouncing off of them
Rock crawler—A UTV built just for going through rocks. Usually has a wide suspension, a small lift, big tires, and a reinforced cage
Rock garden—An area with rocks and boulders that are begging to be driven over in a side-by-side
Rig—A UTV or ATV
Side-by-side—Rig, buggie, bike, UTV, machine, car
Skeg—Mud, but you’re in Canada
Squid—Someone that breaks parts constantly because they’re bad at driving
Trailer queen—A very expensive ride, usually has a big lift, big tires, custom wrap, custom cage, aftermarket doors and bumpers, a whole bunch of lights, and an expensive sound system, that’s never driven off the trailer—it’s either too expensive to risk damaging, or so big and complicated that it would fall apart on anything other than flat ground
Tire kicker—Someone who acts interested in buying the side-by-side you’re selling, but will never pull the trigger
Three wheeling—What happens when you switch your side-by-side to four-wheel drive if you use a limited slip differential like Visco-Lok
Trail DJ—The guy on the trail that bought a big honkin’ sound system so that everyone in a mile radius can listen to his Blake Shelton mix tape
Trail plug—Someone who obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing, drives too slow, and holds up everybody behind them
Turtle—You become turtle when you put your side-by-side on its roof, you stay a turtle even after it’s back on its wheels
UTV—Utility Task Vehicle or side-by-side
Whiskey Throttle—A mistake novice riders make when things get sketchy—instead of staying cool, you panic and hit the gas, amplifying the sketchiness of the situation
Witch’s eye—A soft hole that can appear in dunes and can be as small as an ATV or as big as a swimming pool—they usually appear between ridges but can be anywhere, either way they’re hard to spot and can lead to major G-outs
Yard sale—After a wreck when the contents of your vehicle are spread all over the place—these guys all had yard sales
That’s our list. Hopefully you’ve learned a little something about how to talk to your side-by-side friends. But now’s your chance to teach us a little something. Post your words below and we’ll add them to the list. That way we’ll all be speaking the same language.
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Screened in Porch- A UTV That has a full soft or hard enclosure